Mental health services for vulnerable children and young people supporting children who are, or have been, in foster care
More than half of children either in foster care, or adopted from care in the developed world, have a measurable need for mental health services, while up to one quarter present with complex and severe trauma- and attachment-related psychological disorders. This book outlines how services can effect...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge
2014.
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| Series: | Routledge advances in health and social policy
Routledge advances in health and social policy. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798412906719 |
| Summary: | More than half of children either in foster care, or adopted from care in the developed world, have a measurable need for mental health services, while up to one quarter present with complex and severe trauma- and attachment-related psychological disorders. This book outlines how services can effectively detect, prevent, and treat mental health difficulties in this vulnerable population.Responding to increasing evidence that standard child and adolescent mental health services are poorly matched to the mental health service needs of children and young people who have been in foster care, this |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (444 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781138960169 9780203095478 9781136213960 9781136213977 |
